Benjamin Franklin Selections from Autobiography, Poor Richard's Almanac, Advice to a Young Tradesman, the Whistle, and Others

Benjamin Franklin's writings represent a long career of literary, scientific and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. Franklin's achivements range from inventing the lightning rod to publishing Poor Richard's Almanack to signing the Declaration of Independence. In his own lifetime he knew prominence not only in America but in Britain and France as well.